Harlan (KC3UJB) and I made a journey up to the top of Mount Philo in FN34jg (POTA US-3134) (SOTA W1/GM-149), armed with enough VHF+ equipment to keep us occupied for a few hours. The park had recently been impacted by the remnants of Hurricane Beryl which came ashore in …
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Activating Whiteface Mountain
We stopped by Whiteface Mountain (SOTA W2/GA-003) on our last day in New York, on the way to Vermont. I was hoping this summit would have great views and would be a great place to activate the VHF+ bands for SOTA and POTA. I was not disappointed.
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2024 ARRL June VHF Contest After Action Report
read moreWhew, what a weekend, I operated in the ARRL June VHF Contest from two locations as WG3K/R and it was a learning experience to be sure. My first operating location was from Cunningham Falls State Park (FM19GP20) and second was from home (FM18rp). I learned a lot and had …
Plans for the ARRL June VHF Contest
read moreThe 2024 ARRL June VHF Contest is quickly approaching and I’ve been working hard to get my station ready to deploy. So far, it appears I’ll be on the air on 6m through 23cm (except 1.25m and 33cm) using a Kenwood TS-2000X. I’ll be trying out …
Memorial Day Weekend 2024 Six meter Sporadic-E opening
read moreThis weekend has been interesting. Around mid-day Friday, 24 May 2024 (UTC), I noticed a little band opening on 6m. Nothing too remarkable, I was just starting to hear stations that were out of the ordinary for me. First came a contact with KU4WW in EM64 (Alabama). His signal was …
Heading up to Apple Orchard Mountain this weekend.
Like last year, I'll be heading over to Apple Orchard Mountain to support the annual APRS Golden Packet Event. My friends Dave KB3RAN and Steve N3IPN are once again part of the team with the addition of Ed KC3EN joining us for the long slog up the mountain.
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read moreActivating Apple Orchard Mountain (W4V/RA-001)
On Saturday, 16 July 2016, Dave KB3RAN, Steve N3IPN, and I hiked up Apple Orchard Mountain (SOTA W4V/RA-001) to activate it for the Appalachian Trail Golden Packet event. While we were there we took advantage of the altitude and activated the summit for Summits on the Air (SOTA), National …
read moreOh, did I mention six meters was open?
Turning on the radio this morning I was surprised to hear Puerto Rico coming in loud and clear on 50.125MHz. Once I had KP4EIT and HI3TEJ (Dominican Republic) in the logs I checked the DX Cluster to check the activity. There appeared to be many other stations from the …
read moreOperating Portable from Apple Orchard Mountain
During the weekend of July 16th I plan on being atop Apple Orchard Mountain, in Virginia, operating in the AT Golden Packet event as well as doing some VHF+ work while I'm there. I'll be accompanied by Dave, KB3RAN, and Steve, N3IPN, who are planning to operate QRP HF voice …
read more10m and 6m band opening
Heard 10m was open this morning but concentrated my efforts on 6m as it is rarely open this time of year. Worked NJ2F, N2WB, N3LL, W4LT, and K4MM, all from Florida. I didn't really hear anyone else on but the Florida stations were saying that the bands were crowded!
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